zhēng

dispute, fight, contend, strive

HSK 4 #344

DEFINITIONS

  • dispute, fight, contend, strive
  • to strive for
  • to vie for
  • to argue or debate
  • deficient or lacking (dialect)
  • how or what (literary)

STROKES

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WORDS

jìng zhēng to compete; competition
zhàn zhēng war; conflict; CL:場|场[chang2],次[ci4]
取 zhēng qǔ to fight for; to strive for; to win over
论 zhēng lùn to argue; to debate; to contend; argument; contention; controversy; debate; CL:次[ci4],場|场[chang3]
dòu zhēng a struggle; fight; battle
夺 zhēng duó to fight over; to contest; to vie over
议 zhēng yì controversy; dispute; to dispute
端 zhēng duān dispute; controversy; conflict
气 zhēng qì to work hard for sth; to resolve on improvement; determined not to fall short
lì zhēng to work hard for; to do all one can; to contend strongly
先恐后 zhēng xiān kǒng hòu striving to be first and fearing to be last (idiom); outdoing one another
霸 zhēng bà to contend for hegemony; a power struggle
吵 zhēng chǎo to quarrel; dispute
执 zhēng zhí to dispute; to disagree; to argue opinionatedly; to wrangle
kàng zhēng to resist; to make a stand and fight (against)
斗 zhēng dòu struggle; war
辩 zhēng biàn a dispute; to wrangle
力 jìng zhēng lì competitive strength; competitiveness
者 jìng zhēng zhě competitor
fēn zhēng to dispute
议性 zhēng yì xìng controversial
夺战 zhēng duó zhàn struggle
分夺秒 zhēng fēn duó miǎo lit. fight minutes, snatch seconds (idiom); a race against time; making every second count
分秒必 fēn miǎo bì zhēng seize every minute and second (idiom); not a minute to lose; every moment counts
据理力 jù lǐ lì zhēng to contend on strong grounds; to argue strongly for what is right
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